Folding baby seat



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FOLDING BABY SEAT Filed NOV. 24, 1943 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 Inventor Ila ar J@uzlyy/e WWW Sept. 28, 1948. E. J. QUIGGLE FOLDING BABY SEAT Filed Nov.24, 1945 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Inventor Patented Sept. 28, 1948 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE FOLDING BABY SEAT Edgar James Quiggle, Shelby, OhioApplication November 24, 1943, Serial No. 511,801

Claims. (01. 155-31) a 1 This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in seats for supporting babies, the

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Figure 5 is an elevational view showing the chair in folded position.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-6 ofFigure 4.

Figure 7 is a fragmentary detailed sectional view taken on the line l-|of Figure 3.

Figure 8 is a. fragmentary perspective view of one of the arm and trayrests.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the bifurcated end ofone of the arm rests.

Figure 10 is a perspective view of the chair assembled, ready for use.

Figure 11 is a perspective view of the chair in folded condition.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, itcan be seen that the seat structure consists of a pair of side framesconsisting or a pair of rear upright members 5,

- these rails, eyes it at the other side are slidable, these eyes andhooks 2 one side and hooks H at projecting from the side edge portionsof a back panel II. By disconnecting hooks ll from guide rail II at oneside, the back panel I! may be folded or swung to one side against armrest I at that side as seen in Figure 11.

Seat sections It, It are hingedly connected at their top surfaces as ati'l to the rails I, while their opposed edges at the bottom sides ofsaid sections are hingedly secured together as at I! in order to fold upand together when the device is collapsed or folded with the seatdisposed under the back panel I! when swung to one side as seen inFigure 11. This seat structure has a circular opening in which normallya circular plug it is disposed. This permits the seat to be used as acommode, that is, when the plug I0 is removed.

Numeral 20 denotes a tray which is supported upon the forward endportions of the arm rests 8, one end of the tray being provided withdepending eyes 2| which receive a guide rod 12 located on one arm rest8, the left, see Figure 10. The other arm rest, 8, the right, Figure 9,has a slot 23 in the forward end thereof for receiving a stud bolt 24which depends from the tray 20 and is equipped with a. wing nut 25.

'5 and a pair of forward vertical members 6, 6. 1

The middle portions of the members 5, 6 are connected by rails and byarm rests 8 higher up, the upper portions of the upright members 5projecting well above the arm rests 8 and provided with chair backengaging hooks 9. A felt or some other suitable strip material I0 issecured to the inner side of each hook 9 and along the back side of eachof the uprights 5.

An L-shaped clamp member ii is provided at the lower end of each upright5 and the horizon- It can be seen that by loosening the nut 25, the traycan be easily disconnected from the slotted arm rest 8 in the process offolding the structure.

It will be observed that numeral 20 denotes a foot rest, one end ofwhich is bifurcated as at 21, the furcations being notched on theunderside so that when the bifurcated end 21 str-addles one verticalmember 6 and the foot rest 26 is lowered as shown in Figure 4, thenotches will engage the ends of a pin 28 disposed through and projectingfrom the front and back of said member 8. The other end of the foot rest20 is detachably and pivotally secured to the other vertical member 8,this end of the foot rest being bifurcated as at 29 and adapted tostraddle said other member 8 and an eye screw 30 driven into '.theinside of the last-mentioned vertical memtal arm thereof has a clampscrew it disposed therethrough. This clamp is used for clamping the seatto the back edge of a park bench or some other structure upon which thebaby seat is to be supported. In this instance, the vertical forwardmembers 6 serve as legs.

Guide rails I: extend longitudinally on the opposed sides of the uprightmembers 5 and along her 6. A cross pin 3| is disposable through openingsin the foot rest 20 and through the eye 30 so as to pivotally, yetdetachably, secure this end of the foot rest to the adjacent verticalmember. Thus, by folding seat sections it upwardly below the back panelI! after the latter has been disconnected at one side by hooks i4 andfolded or swung in or forwardly and outwardly against the adjacent sideframe or arm rest I and slidingthe back panel upwardly on the guide rodsI! either before or after folding it, then swinging the foot rest 28 upagainst member to which it is pivoted and finally disconnecting bolt 24of tray 20 from slot ll in arm rest 8 at the same side of the chair andspreading or swinging the tops of the side frames of the chair outwardlyon hinges II as fulcrums, the tray 20 may be dropped or foldeddownwardly and the entire structure compactly folded as shown in Figure11 of the drawings.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specificterms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, sizeand materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as'new is:

1. A portable baby seat adapted for suspension from an ordinary chair orbench, comprising pairs of front and rear uprights, connecting railsbetween the front and rear uprights spaced from their lower ends, a twosectioned seat having its outer edges hinged to said rails at the topand having its inner edges hinged together at the bottom so that theseat can fold upwardly, arm rests connecting the uprights above therails below the upper ends of the rear uprights and at the upper ends ofthe front uprights, means to mount the rear uprights on a support, aback panel pivoted to the rear upright at one side and detachablyconnected to the rear upright at the other side to swing inwardly whendisconnected and against the bottom edge of which the folded seatengages when folded, a tray on the arm rests pivoted at one side to onearm rest and detachably connected to the other arm rest at the otherside to drop down when disconnected, at forward extensions of the armrests in front of the front uprights, and a foot rest pivoted at one endto the lower end of the front upright at one side and detachablyconnected to the lower end of the front upright at the other side toswing upwardly on the pivoted end when detached at the first sideopposite the tray, whereby the entire seat structure may be folded.

2. A folding chair of the class described comprising side framesincluding front and rear vertical members and horizontal membersconnecting the same and including upper arm rests, a two-section seathinged at the bottom to each other and at the top to the side frames, aback panel connected to the side frames for vertical sliding movement,pivoted vertically to one side frame and detachably connected to theother side frame to fold inwardly against the side frame to which it ispivoted when disconnected from the side frame to which it is detachablyconnected, the seat adapted to fold upwardly beneath the back panel whenslid upwardly to permit the side frames to move toward each other.

3. A folding chair of the class described comprising side framesincluding front and rear vertical members and horizontal membersconnecting the same and including upper arm rests, a two-section seathinged at the bottom to each other and at the top to the side frames, aback panel pivoted vertically to one side frame and detachably connectedto the other side frame to fold inwardly against the side frame to whichit is pivoted, the seat adapted to fold upwardly to permit the sideframes to move toward each other, a tray pivoted to one arm rest anddetachably connected to the other arm rest to swing from an ordinarychair or bench: comprising pairs of front and rear uprights stiiiiyconnected by arm rests and side rails, said rear upri hts extendingabove the front uprights, and said side rails being located above thelower ends of said front uprights; a two section seat with a commodeopening, one section having permanent top hinge connection with one ofsaid side rails, the other section having a permanent top hingeconnection with the other side rail, and the adjacent edges of said seatsections having permanent bottom hinge connection permitting upwardfolding of the entire seat; suspension means for the baby seat, a backand forth adjustable tray normally resting on both arm rests and havingslidable hinge connection at the bottom near one end with one of saidarm rests, and detachable connection at its other end with the other armrest consisting of bolt and wing nut on said tray, a vertical slot beingprovided in the forward end of the latter arm rest for detachableengagement by the bolt, thus permitting downward swing of the tray onsaid hinge connection upon releasing said detachable connection bydisengagement of the bolt from the slot.

5. A folding baby seat comprising side frames including front and rearvertical members and horizontal members connecting the same andincluding upper arm rests and lower side rails, a two section seathinged at their inner edges to each other and at their outer edges tothe lower side rails, to fold upwardly at their inner edges, a backpanel slidably connected at its side edges to the inner sides of therear vertical members above the seat, pivoted to one member anddetachably connected to the other member to swing inwardly against thearm rest at one side, a tray adapted to rest on the front portions ofthe arm rests and pivotally and slidably connectednear one end and thebottom thereof to the arm rest against which the back panel swings, adetachable connection between the other end of the tray and the forwardportion of the other arm rest to permit the tray to swing downwardly toa vertical position at the inside of the adjacent front vertical memberwhen disconnected and the side frames are spread apart on the hingeconnection between the seat sections, and a foot rest pivoted to thelower portion of the other front vertical member and detachably engagingthe opposite front vertical member to swing upwardly whereby the entireseat may be collapsed.

EDGAR JAMES QUIGGLE.

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